Only two teams made it to the Super Bowl this past season, but 62 players had a chance to start at the quarterback throughout 2021. In his final NFL QB Index of the year, Around the NFL editor Gregg Rosenthal ranked each and every one of them from first to worst.
Seahawks signal-caller Russell Wilson narrowly missed the top 10, landing at No. 11 overall.
“That’s two straight up-and-down seasons for a player who had previously been a model of consistency,” Rosenthal writes. “After last season’s second-half swoon, Wilson was unspectacularly efficient early this season, missed three starts, suffered through the worst month of his career and then finished strong. The missed games and slump knocked him down three spots or so, but he played like a top-10 quarterback to begin and end the season.
Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady took the top spot from last year, followed by Aaron Rodgers, Josh Allen and Justin Herbert, respectively. Super Bowl-winning QB Matthew Stafford rounded out the top five in the fifth position.
